Resign Already

Does anyone believe anything Cynthia McKinney says? And who exactly is voting this disgrace into office year after year? An easy way to tell when a person is lying is when their story gets more and more elaborate as time passes, and each time the liar opens his/her mouth to add another "fact," the new fact inevitably attempts to portray the speaker as more of a victim than the time before.

As you may know, McKinney was stopped by a relatively new Capitol Police officer after she tried to bypass a metal detector. McKinney apparently doesn't ever wear her member pin, so she had no outwardly identifying marks to show that she was a congresswoman. And she's Cynthia McKinney from Georgia, a congresswoman of no significance, so the run of the mill Capitol Police officer might not know who she is. When the officer stopped McKinney as she breezed past the metal detector, she apparently flipped out and hit the officer in the chest with her cell phone. Assaulting a police officer, by the way, is a felony.

McKinney's version of events has grown more elaborate by the day. A recap:

1) She first claimed that she was angry that the officer didn't recognize her, and flipped out. Sorry.

2) Then she claimed that it was a white officer who had it out for her because she was a black woman. Naturally.

3) Now she's claiming that she was "touched inappropriately," which is what started the altercation. She made this claim conveniently after rumors circulated that an arrest warrant will soon be issued against her.

Credibility problem, anyone?

Here is the Washington Post recap of her latest accusations against the officer.

Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, said yesterday that the officer started the incident by "inappropriately touching and stopping" her after she walked past a security checkpoint.

McKinney, speaking at a news conference where she was joined by singer Harry Belafonte and actor Danny Glover, said she understands that a case against her may be referred for prosecution but declared that she will be exonerated.
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"Let me be clear: This whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female black congresswoman," McKinney said. "I deeply regret that this incident occurred."

Let me ask one last question. Does it help or hurt McKinney that she makes the above allegations against the Capitol Police (the men and women dedicated to protecting the lives of members of Congress) in the presence of two America-hating pals of communist dictators Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez?

UPDATE: McKinney's lawyer says she's the victim of use of "excessive force" because she's black:

Her lawyer, James W. Myart Jr., said, "Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin."

"Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black," Myart said. "Congresswoman McKinney will be exonerated."

Give me a break. What a complete clown.